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Greek
5363. philanthropia -- love for mankind, kindness
... people") -- properly, a "friend (benefactor) of humanity"; a person who warmly loves
others, treating them with the respect (benevolence) that befits each one ...
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Strong's Hebrew
4998. naah -- to be comely or befitting
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be comely or befitting NASB Word Usage
befits (1), lovely (2). be beautiful, become, be comely. ...
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The Soldier's Morning-Call
... 'The night is far spent; the day is at hand.' But the dress that befits the expectant
of the day is not yet the robe of the feast, but it is 'the armour' which ...
/.../romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/the soldiers morning-call.htm

To Monna Alessa Dei Saracini
... And yet every work of ours ought to be done both without and with moderation: it
befits us to love God without moderation, putting to that love neither limit ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to monna alessa dei saracini.htm

The Eleventh Book Shows that the Title of "Good" is Due, not to ...
... For he who says that the title of "good" belongs of right to the Father only, and
that such an address befits Him alone, publishes abroad, by thus disclosing ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 1 the eleventh book.htm

Whether There is Delight in Contemplation?
... [3729]FS, Q[3], A[5]], because each individual delights in the operation
which befits him according to his own nature or habit. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether there is delight in.htm

Whether it was Fitting that God Should Become Incarnate?
... ". I answer that, To each things, that is befitting which belongs to it by reason
of its very nature; thus, to reason befits man, since this belongs to him ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether it was fitting that 3.htm

Whether Christ was a Perfect Comprehensor in the First Instant of ...
... Objection 3: Further, what befits neither man nor angel seems proper to
God; and therefore is not becoming to Christ as man. But ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ was a perfect.htm

Whether Everyone that Sins through Habit, Sins through Certain ...
... Now the very thing which befits a man in respect of a vicious habit, is something
that excludes a spiritual good: the result being that a man chooses a ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether everyone that sins through.htm

Whether Grace is the Same as virtue?
... clear that the virtue of a thing has reference to some pre-existing nature, from
the fact that everything is disposed with reference to what befits its nature. ...
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Whether the Will is Moved to Anything Naturally?
... And in this sense, that is said to be natural to a thing which befits it in respect
of its substance. And this is that which of itself is in a thing. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the will is moved 7.htm

Whether a Man Can Rise from Sin Without the Help of Grace
... external help of grace. 3. Again, every natural thing can of itself recover
the action which befits its nature. Thus water, when heated ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature and grace/article seven whether a man.htm

Thesaurus
Befits (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Befits (8 Occurrences). ... 1 Timothy 2:10 but--as befits women
making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works. (WEY RSV). ...
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Befit (2 Occurrences)
... these stones! (See RSV). Titus 2:1 But as for you, you must speak in a manner
that befits wholesome teaching. (Root in WEY ASV RSV). ...
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Original (6 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:22 to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original
evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses, (WEY). ...
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Ornament (23 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Ornament (23 Occurrences). 1 Timothy 2:10 but--as befits
women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works. (WEY). ...
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Wholesome (10 Occurrences)
... their own fancies; (WEY). Titus 2:1 But as for you, you must speak in a
manner that befits wholesome teaching. (WEY). 2 Peter 3:1 ...
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Impulses (4 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:22 to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original
evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses, (WEY). ...
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Fitting (29 Occurrences)
... abounds; (See NAS RSV). Titus 2:1 But as for you, you must speak in a manner
that befits wholesome teaching. (See NAS). Philemon 1:8 ...
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Doomed (21 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:22 to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original
evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses, (WEY). ...
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Misleading (8 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:22 to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original
evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses, (WEY). ...
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Mode (5 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:22 to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original
evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses, (WEY). ...
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Befits (8 Occurrences)

Matthew 3:8
Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!
(See RSV)

Romans 16:2
that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.
(See RSV)

Ephesians 4:22
to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,
(WEY)

1 Timothy 2:10
but--as befits women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works.
(WEY RSV)

Titus 2:1
But as for you, you must speak in a manner that befits wholesome teaching.
(WEY RSV)

3 John 1:6
who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
(See RSV)

Psalms 33:1
Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
(See RSV)

Psalms 93:5
Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forevermore.
(See NAS RSV)

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